DETASSEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DETASSEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DETASSEL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DETASSEL is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DETASSEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
detasselsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DETASSEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DETASSEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DETASSEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DETASSEL
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DETASSEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To pull the pollen-bearing tassel from the top of a corn plant to control how it is fertilised.
Seed growers detassel rows of corn so that one parent line cannot pollinate itself and only the chosen pollen reaches the ears. Teams of seasonal workers traditionally walked the fields in summer to do it. In a looser sense detassel can also mean to remove tassels from something decorated.
How DETASSEL is used
Used in farming and seed production when growers detassel a crop.
- Teenagers were hired each July to detassel the seed corn.
- You must detassel before the plants begin shedding pollen.
- The crew will detassel the female rows first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DETASSEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DETASSEL
The 8 tiles of DETASSEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DETASSEL
5 longer words begin with DETASSEL.
Shorter words from the letters in DETASSEL
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Common questions about DETASSEL
- Is DETASSEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DETASSEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DETASSEL worth?
- DETASSEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DETASSEL mean?
- To pull the pollen-bearing tassel from the top of a corn plant to control how it is fertilised.
- What letters can be added to DETASSEL?
- DETASSEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DETASSEL:
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